Marco Arment

Marco Arment (born June 11, 1982) is an American iOS and web developer, as well as a technology writer and magazine editor, living in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. He is known for co-founding Tumblr and creating Instapaper.

… product will be shuttered Nov. 1. The company said in its blog post: Today, we’re excited to announce that Instapaper is joining Pinterest. In the three years since Betaworks acquired Instapaper from Marco Arment, we’ve completely rewritten our back end, overhauled our mobile and web clients, improved parsing and search and introduced tons of great…

… will the steady decrease of search engine use have on the company? The Creator of the iPhone’s Top-Selling Ad Blocker Pulled His App off the Market (Adweek) Less than two days into becoming the iOS App Store’s top-selling paid app, ad blocker Peace was pulled by its creator. “Even though I’m ‘winning’, I’ve enjoyed none of it,” wrote developer Marco…

… the work that earns a commision for an iconic building makes you into a great architect. Michael Graves and Zaha Hadid didn't wait for someone to offer them a great project. They went and got it. [If this resonates with you, I might have precisely the right gig for the right programmer. You can read the details here. If you know someone, please share.] …

… finally had a way to better stand out from other non-magazine apps. But three years later, publishers say that Newsstand is holding them back and, in some cases, actively hurting them. Last week, The Magazine, a small publication founded by Instapaper creator Marco Arment, announced that it was folding, just two years after it was first published…